Object of the Month highlights artifacts, art, documents, and maps from the Museum’s collections.
Each post explores the unique history of an object and its connection to the Revolutionary Era.
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Object of the Month: Baron von Steuben’s Liquor Chest and Battlefield Drinking Culture
By Jack Campbell, Programs & Events Associate
July 12, 2022
Programs & Events Associate Jack Campbell highlights one of the most unique items in the Museum’s collection, a liquor chest owned by Baron von Steuben, and explores battlefield drinking culture during the Revolutionary War.
Object of the Month: Lafayette and His Military Legacy at Fraunces Tavern Museum
By Jack Campbell, Programs & Events Associate
April 26, 2022
Programs & Events Associate Jack Campbell explores the life of the Marquis de Lafayette and his legacy at Fraunces Tavern Museum.
Who Tore It Down?
by Dylan Giacobbe, Communications & Marketing Intern
August 3, 2021
Communications & Marketing Intern Dylan Giacobbe explores the scene depicted in Pulling Down the Statue of George III, detailing who is pictured and who isn’t.
Object of the Month: HOUDONIT? The Mystery of the George Washington Bust
by Amanda Nesci, Curatorial & Collections Intern
February 4, 2021
Curatorial & Collections Intern Amanda Nesci details the story behind one of the most lifelike objects in the Museum’s collection: the bust of George Washington.
Toasty Toes in Colonial Times
by Amanda Nesci, Curatorial & Collections Intern
December 7, 2020
As winter approaches, Curatorial & Collections Intern Amanda Nesci highlights one of the most asked about objects on display in the Museum: the colonial foot warmer.
“The Inauguration of Washington”
by Amanda Nesci, Curatorial & Collections Intern
September 8, 2020
Curatorial & Collections Intern Amanda Nesci uses a detailed print to highlight the George Washington’s Presidential Inauguration.
Unknown engraver, “Paul Revere’s Ride” from A Pictorial History Of The World's Great Nations, From The Earliest Dates To The Present Time vol. 2, 1882
Engraving, 10 ⅛ x 7 ¼ in.
Fraunces Tavern Museum, TR2019.01.006. Gift of Kent D. and Tina K. Worley
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
by Amanda Nesci
August 3, 2020
Curatorial & Collections Intern Amanda Nesci explores the legacy of Paul Revere using a 19th century engraving.
Howard Pyle
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Print, 6 7/16 x 9 3/8 in
Fraunces Tavern Museum, TR2019.01.014. Gift of Kent D. and Tina K. Worley
Howard Pyle’s The Battle of Bunker Hill
by Amanda Nesci
July 6, 2020
Curatorial & Collections Intern Amanda Nesci uncovers a rare print, torn from an 1898 magazine, and highlights the work of artist Howard Pyle.
UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, AFTER ALONZO CHAPPEL (AMERICAN, 1828-1887)
DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY, 1866
ENGRAVING, 6 7/8 X 8 15/16 IN.
FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM, TR2019.01.003. GIFT OF KENT D. AND TINA K. WORLEY.
Who Illustrates History?
By Lisa Goulet
June 12, 2020
Collections Manager Lisa Goulet explores the career of Alonzo Chappel and the mass production of artwork depicting the Revolutionary Era.
Learn One Thing Every Day
by Saga Beus
August 2, 2019
Collections Intern Saga Beus uncovers a rare and inspiring image from the Museum’s collection.
Causes of the American Revolution from Interstate News Service History Cards, 1926
by Lisa Goulet
July 2, 2019
Collections Manager Lisa Goulet explains the rules of a revolutionary card game.
An Untitled Treasure
By Lisa Goulet
June 15, 2019
Collections Manager Lisa Goulet digs into the Worley Collection and uncovers an Untitled Treasure.
Evolution of a Portrait
By Lisa Goulet
May 2, 2019
Collections Manager Lisa Goulet traces the evolution of George Washington’s portraits through the Museum collection.
